google, how far is earth to the moon? the moon is 238,900 miles... "the great moment had come." 3, 2, 1... [ giggling ] >>> when the clock strikes midnight on new year's eve, fiscal cliff or not there will be some unprecedented confusing tax changes that will affect nearly everyone's pocketbook. so here to help you get your financial life in shape for 2013 we deev sided to turn to the woman i've been turning to my whole life my mom. she's the financial columnist for the "chicago tribune" and author of "saving like a paper." this is a treat. >> thanks for having me. >> how much does the fiscal cliff impact what we're saving on taxes? >> well for middle income people, the tax increase is going to be about $2,200 and for higher income people that's the part that's been talked about a lot, people with $200,000 in income or $250,000 per couple. they're going to get hit. then there's also going to be increases in the dividends that you pay, the dividend income that you get. there's going to be increases in capital gains taxes. >> mom, when it comes to budg